l Diplopappus ericoides, T. & G. — To save labor to some others who, like myself, 
work under the double disadvantage of a rather limited library and an herbarium (rich 
enough in the later new species) with but few specimens from the original sets made 
prior to 1862, I put the following in print. From our present standpoint it is evident 
'that Diplopappus as formerly understood must be partitioned out among other neigh- 
boring genera, and of the species that concern us here one goes to section Ericameria 
of Aplopappus , and the other to 'section Orthomerts pf Aster. In the unavoidable 
changing of names a confusion arises undef the name above given, i. e., Diplopappus 
ericoides, there being two plants that bear the name in herbaria and books. The fol- 
lowing may in some sense clear up the matter: 
Diplopappus ericoides , T. & G. Bucepha- 
lus ericoides, Nutt. “ Inula f ericoides r Torr ! 
in An n. Lye., New York, 2, p. 212. Ghry- 
sopsis ericoides , Eaton, Man. Bot.” 
{ Now placed in Aster under Sect. Ortiio- 
meris. As the name ericoides is preoccu- 
pied in this genus. I suggest for it Aster 
; ericcefolius , which indicates even more 
; closely its general habit. 
r See also Diplopappus ericoides , T. & G., 
: Yol.Y., King’s Report; PI. Wright., p. 78; 
PL Fendl., p. 69; Bot. Mex. Bound., p. 78. 
Diplopappus ericoides , Less. Aplopappus 
ericoides , DO., and apparently also of 
Hooker and Arnott. See DC., Prod. V., p. 
278; Bot. Beechy, p. 146; and FI. Cal. I, p. 
813.' ' ' - / . ■ 
In the last, Ericameria microphy lla, Nutt., 
is also cited as another name for the same, 
and by this it appears in Flora of North 
George Engelwann Papers 
The two plants are so different in habit,— the one suggestive of (so far as arrange- 
ment of the foliage goes) Erica, and the other- of Adeno stoma fasciculatim, Hook & Arm, 
or of E riogonum. fasciculatum, Benth.— as well as in habitat, that any furthur descrip- 
tion is unnecessary.— J. T. Rothrqck. 
Botanical Rambles in East Florida. — It was the 16th of. February last when 
the fast and comfortable steamer “ Gen’l. Sedgwick” landed me at the beautiful little 
town of Palatka, located upon an elevated site on the west bank of the river, and about 
75 miles from Jacksonville. The enterprise and neatness of the place with its pleasant 
surroundings make it at once attractive and inviting to the traveler. I walked through 
the open built town to a hotel and my attention was attracted and my mind absorbed by 
the novelties along the way. Everywhere appeared the faces of Northern citizens. The 
handsome white dwellings and large hotels were pleasing to the eye. The natives 
struggling through the deep loose sand in the streets with their ox-teams suggested 
poverty with the ludicrous. The wild orang J e trees laden with golden fruit, and per- 
fuming the air with their fragrant blossoms, ornamented the streets. The mulberry was 
dropping its ripe fruit. The mocking birds, perched on the shrubs and trees, made the 
air tremulous with their many and varied tuned melodies. The bee was homeward 
bound, ladened with the poisonous pollen of the Jessamine. The grasshopper manifest- 
ing all the suppleness of a midsummer day, and even the house fly, emboldened with 
Pffronterv. would alight in the stranger’s way. Indeed, evervwliere seemed to 
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